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  • Osmotic dehydration: an emerging technology applied to the fruit and vegetable sector
    Publication . Sousa, Sara; Basto de Lima, Maria Gabriela; Raimundo, Délio; Henriques, Marília; Neves, Ana Maria; Mota de Oliveira, Maria Adelaide; Oliveira, Margarida
    The current unsustainable production and consumption patterns are one of the drivers for Bioeconomy strategy implementation. The horticultural industry produces quantities of by-products and waste whose valorisation, through innovation, enhances new products and production processes development. The aim of this work was to develop new dehydrated food products from horticultural by-products, pumpkin, and courgette, using osmotic dehydration (DO) technology by immersing the food in an osmotic solution (OS).